The Big Scoot!
a documentary that follows the running of the
10th Scooter Cannonball
from coast-to-coast.
About The Big Scoot!
Ride a scooter across the USA covering 3,170 miles on tires the size of a dinner plate? And do it over eight days, riding 8 to 10 hours a day? You’ve gotta be nuts, right? Welcome to Scooter Cannonball 2023!
More than 200 riders signed up and The Big Scoot! documentary went along as they buzzzzzzzed from San Clemente, CA, over America’s back roads, to the finish line at Hilton Head, SC. (Spoiler alert: not all of them made it!)
Behind The Big Scoot!
Hi, my name is Corrie Vaus, and I’ve spent my life documenting inspiring stories, earning 16 Emmys and 9 Golden Mikes as a video journalist. My documentary work has aired on more than 90 PBS stations, and I currently shoot for a long list of clients.
I'm busy and happy - but I can't ignore a compelling, charming story. So I followed a bunch of scooters across America and am close to completing a documentary called, ‘The Big Scoot!’
It all started when my husband bought a Vespa. Then one day, he said he wanted to ride in Scooter Cannonball 2023. It's an endurance coast-to-coast scooter rally covering about 400 miles a day for more than a week. The thing is, scooters aren’t made for that. I grabbed my camera and documented the daunting journey from San Clemente, CA to Hilton Head, SC. The doc includes incredible rider GoPro and helmet-cam footage and highlights America’s breathtaking backroads as riders face everything from scorching desert heat to rutted mountain passes on wheels the size of dinner plates.
THE BIG SCOOT was made possible by generous support from:
SCOOTERWEST • VESPA MOTORSPORT
Vespa Portland • South Sound Scooters • CONSOR • Motoshippers
Motorcycle Man • Cask & Coast • CC Scooters & Cycles
Elvin Lai • Bill Houston • Doug Hagemann
Marta Burklin • Zaidoon Al-Zubaidy • Lynn Frist • Charles Roulette • Dean Baker
Howard Rains • Pamela March • Bill Leuthold • David Bednarski
Michelle McLeland • Crystal Anderson • Emily Reedy • Barry Donovan
Jill Athenour • Tom Athenour • Don Wickstra • Pierre McCormick • Ben Aust • Emily Cook
Panama Bill • Wade Harris • Garrett Moynihan • Abbie Smith • Anthony Santora • Harry Kidder
Jim Culp • John Mullin • Mike Bass • Scott MacCracken • Serena Fitchard • Sherrie Rubin
Tom Farley • Tom Sayer, Jr. • David Haessig • Kapt Slow • Melissa Ayres • Sean Lynch • Snarf & Sniff
Tan Sirisak • Denise Noel • Jeffrey Crosbie • Alex G • Barry Donovan • Bruce Beck • John C. Smith
Robert Braden • Gareth Waugh • Aaron Bartlett • Argento’s Adventures • Bill Redington
Carlos Bedolla • Carolyn Finch • Cheryl Wise • Christopher Haughie • Claire DeVaughan • Dan Keller
Doug Paris • Erwin Johnson • Garland Arnett • George Petras • Gildo De Simone • John Furr
Ginamarie Austin • Jeffrey “Robot” Corsaro • Jon Bousselot • Julie Taggart
Kamake • Michael Halburnt • Nick Breshears • Ryan Senate • Scott Sempeck • Scott Taggart
Tara Hunt • Valerie Skinkus • Will Marmolejo • Alex Gebrosky • Brook Dain • Kathleen Vaus
Robert Lauver • Suzanne Vlietstra • William M Halburnt • Robert Ryan-Silva • George Wilson
Seth Carbon • Bones B Smith • Craig Leidheiser • Stephen Benson • Timothy Gibbons
Tina Faucheux • Brian Taylor • Daniel Athenour • Kate Athenour • Scott Brodie • William Harper